Fastening device for ironing-board covers.



, G. A. HALL.

PASTBNING DEVICE FOR IRONING BDARD COVERS.

' I APPLIOATION'HINJED sum1?, 190s. 98%962. 1 i Patented Apr. 18,1911.

namental appearance and which can be longitudinal edges of said cover terminating vention is to provide a device of the charmy improved A, fastening device.

'burn GEORGA A. HALL, OF

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR IRONINGr-BOARD COVERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, l 1911.

Application iiled September 17, 1908. Serial No. 453,552.

To all whom 'it may concern: l

Be it known that L Gnonem A. HALL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis and State ot' Missouri, have invented new and useful vFastening Devices for Ironing-Board Covers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for retaining the cloth cover of an ironing board in operative position.

One object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described that enables an ironing board cover to be placed upon the board or removed therefrom quickly.

Another object of my invention is -to provide a device ofthe character described that will not 'tear or damage the cover with which it isused. And still another object ofrnyv inaeter described 'that presents a neat and orinanu'factured at a small cost.

Figure 1 'of the drawings is a bottom plan view of an ironing board provided With one of my improved cover Vfastening devices; Fig.' 2 is a cross, sectional view taken on approximately the line 2-2 of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a perspectivevievv of a portion of Referring 4to the drawings which illustrate the preferred form of my invention, l designates an ironing board, and 2 designates the. clothcove'r that extends over the u per face of the board and partially over tie under side of the board, as shown inFig. 1, the

adjacent'the center 4of the board, andv the upper end 3 of the cover being lapped over the upper end of the board. l

My improved fastening device is arranged on the underside of the board, and consists ot' a central member 4 provided with a plurality ot laterally projgecting arms 5 that carry hooks 6 fer engaging the cover 2 so as to retain it in position. The arms 5 are preferably formed of elastic material, and the central member 4 is iormed ot'sozne fabric. which is fexible but not elastic. I prefer to provide the central member i with a plurality olf pairs of arins 5 that project laterallv 'from the side edges thereof, and an elastic arm fig-is connected to the upper end oi'A the member d, shown in Fig. 1, so as to engage the portion 3 of the cover that laps over the upper end of the board. The central member 4 is preferably made Wide enough to cover the meeting'edges of the cloth cover 2; and thev pairs et, arms 5' are spaced an equal distance apart so as to present a neat and uniform appearance.

It is immaterial, so far as my broad idea is concerned, hou the arms 5` are connected to the central 'members but I prefer to form each pair of arms from a'strip "of rubber 65 webbing or other suitable elastic material that is doubled so as to form a long loop I which is connected intermediate its ends to the central member 4, the hooks @beingV arranged at the opposite ends of said loop and secured thereto by one or more rows of stitches 7 I prefer tov use substantiall U' shaped hooksthat are provided with s arp prongs` or teeth Ca that reject intothe cover. formed from a piece of Wire and consequently can be manufactured at a-low cost, and it is not apt to rust the cover or tear same. Furthermore, -a hook of this construction can be connected to the-cover and disconnected therefrom quickly so that very little time is required to place the cover on tlieboard or remove it therefrom. The central member a can be formedfrom any suit-` of stitches seas to strengthen saine, and the elastic arms 5 and 55 can be connected t0 said member by rovvsof stitches.

After the cover `2 has been inserted in said `eover,the elasticityrot said, arms causing the cover'to be drawn tightly around the board and thus securely retain `ing said cover in position. When it is desired to remove the over said hooks are merely disengaged .frein the cover so as to' release same. Y i

An ironing hoard coveriastening device of the character above described can be manuractured at a small cost; it presents a neat and ornamental appearance andhides the meeting edges of the cover; it enables the cover to be placed upon the board and removed therefrom quickly, and it securely 1075 retains the cover in position Without liability of tearing the cover or rusting same, the hooks (i being preferably formed from metal that will not rust.

Having thus described my invon tion, what 110 A hookv4 of this c aracter' can be 75 able fabric and provided with several rows 85 wrapped around the board in the manner shown 1n 90 Fig. 1, the hooks on 'thearms 5 and 5 are mi; ossee@ vI claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. An ironing` board cover fastening device. comprising a central member formed of non-elastic xnziteriztly arms projecting laterally from the side edges of said member und each being formed of n strip of elastic 'wellbing doubled to form. zx.. loop vf'liieli con nectetl interluetflinte its ends to iol central member, and hooks secured `to the opposite ends of said loops for engaging the cover.

2. An ironing board cover fastening device comprising :1 central member that,

tends longitndiimlly of the board on the nn der side of same so as to @over the meeting edgeS of the cover which is Wrapped around the boord, pieces of elastic webbing Connect ed to said member and projecting laterally from the side edges thereof. and U-shaped.

hooks Connected to said pieces of webbing; and. provided 'with sharp-pointed prongs or projections.

3. n ironing` board Cover fastening cleriee comprising :.1 central member' which consists ol n strip of fabric pr vided with rows oilf stitches,v loops of e astio WebbY Y connected to seid member so as to fori plumlitv oil.E pairs of urine that, project lnt- Witnesses L. S. WiLLIAMs, B. F. ABBOTT. 

